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Q1 2009 – Q2 2016
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National Backlog Average Indicator, Q1 2009 – Q3 2015
Average backlog measured in months, Q1 2009 – Q3 2015
Average backlog measured in months by industry, Q1 2009 – Q3 2015
Average backlog measured in months by region, Q1 2009 – Q3 2015
Average backlog measured in months by company size, Q1 2009 – Q3 2015
Distribution by backlog length, Q1 2009 – Q3 2015
Median backlog in months for each region, Q1 2009 – Q3 2015
Median backlog in months by construction segment, Q1 2009 – Q3 2015
Median backlog in months by firm size, Q1 2009 – Q3 2015
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National Backlog Average
Q1 2010 - Q1 2017
9.0
Months of Backlog
8.18.1
8.0
7.2
7.07.1
7.3
7.8
7.4
7.7
8.08.07.9
8.28.28.38.1
8.5
8.88.7
8.48.58.5
8.78.6
9.0
8.58.7
8.3
7.0
6.1
6.0
5.0
4.0
Q1 2010
Q2 2010
Q3 2010
Q4 2010
Q1 2011
Q2 2011
Q3 2011
Q4 2011
Q1 2012
Q2 2012
Q3 2012
Q4 2012
Q1 2013
Q2 2013
Q3 2013
Q4 2013
Q1 2014
Q2 2014
Q3 2014
Q4 2014
Q1 2015
Q2 2015
Q3 2015
Q4 2015
Q1 2016
Q2 2016
Q3 2016
Q4 2016
Q1 2017
3.0
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Average backlog measured in months
Quarter
1st Quarter, 2009
2nd Quarter, 2009
3rd Quarter, 2009
4th Quarter, 2009
1st Quarter, 2010
2nd Quarter, 2010
3rd Quarter, 2010
4th Quarter, 2010
1st Quarter, 2011
2nd Quarter, 2011
3rd Quarter, 2011
4th Quarter, 2011
1st Quarter, 2012
2nd Quarter, 2012
3rd Quarter, 2012
4th Quarter, 2012
1st Quarter, 2013
2nd Quarter, 2013
3rd Quarter, 2013
4th Quarter, 2013
Average Backlog
(months)
6.53
6.02
5.87
5.81
6.07
7.19
6.95
7.05
7.33
8.06
8.08
7.82
7.40
7.72
7.99
8.01
7.92
8.23
8.21
8.32
Quarter
1st Quarter, 2014
2nd Quarter, 2014
3rd Quarter, 2014
4th Quarter, 2014
1st Quarter, 2015
2nd Quarter, 2015
3rd Quarter, 2015
4th Quarter, 2015
1st Quarter, 2016
2nd Quarter, 2016
3rd Quarter, 2016
4th Quarter, 2016
1st Quarter, 2017
Average Backlog
(months)
8.09
8.53
8.78
8.69
8.41
8.49
8.47
8.70
8.63
8.49
8.65
8.31
8.98
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Average backlog measured in months by industry
Quarter
Commercial & Institutional
st
1 Quarter, 2009
6.77
nd
2 Quarter, 2009
6.02
3rd Quarter, 2009
5.54
th
4 Quarter, 2009
5.61
1st Quarter, 2010
5.90
nd
2 Quarter, 2010
6.96
3rd Quarter, 2010
6.79
th
4 Quarter, 2010
7.01
st
1 Quarter, 2011
7.26
2nd Quarter, 2011
8.63
rd
3 Quarter, 2011
8.42
4th Quarter, 2011
7.81
st
1 Quarter, 2012
7.65
nd
2 Quarter, 2012
7.78
3rd Quarter, 2012
8.03
th
4 Quarter, 2012
8.13
1st Quarter, 2013
8.20
nd
2 Quarter, 2013
8.66
3rd Quarter, 2013
8.84
th
4 Quarter, 2013
8.91
1st Quarter, 2014
8.44
2nd Quarter, 2014
8.90
rd
3 Quarter, 2014
8.91
4th Quarter, 2014
8.70
1st Quarter, 2015
8.19
2nd Quarter, 2015
8.09
3rd Quarter, 2015
8.23
th
4 Quarter, 2015
8.03
1st Quarter, 2016
8.07
nd
2 Quarter, 2016
8.01
3rd Quarter, 2016
8.31
th
4 Quarter, 2016
8.01
1st Quarter, 2017
8.90
Heavy Industrial
6.33
5.61
5.49
6.11
6.50
6.83
6.47
6.63
6.57
5.38
5.89
5.68
5.24
5.92
6.73
6.23
5.67
5.80
4.44
4.47
5.08
6.00
6.71
6.55
6.75
7.26
7.07
6.64
6.86
7.44
6.60
5.49
5.88
Infrastructure
5.40
7.61
10.63
9.86
9.33
10.39
9.66
8.89
8.73
7.88
9.23
9.18
8.66
10.08
9.29
9.81
9.69
8.96
7.12
7.07
7.93
8.61
9.53
9.99
9.95
9.84
9.90
12.20
11.21
10.80
11.05
10.59
11.03
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Average backlog measured in months by region
Quarter
Northeast
South
1st Quarter, 2009
5.54
8.15
nd
2 Quarter, 2009
4.96
7.26
3rd Quarter, 2009
5.81
5.91
th
4 Quarter, 2009
5.41
6.54
1st Quarter, 2010
6.33
6.41
nd
2 Quarter, 2010
7.19
7.43
rd
3 Quarter, 2010
8.01
6.98
4th Quarter, 2010
7.01
7.78
st
1 Quarter, 2011
7.34
8.16
2nd Quarter, 2011
7.23
9.30
rd
3 Quarter, 2011
7.52
9.41
4th Quarter, 2011
7.99
8.92
st
1 Quarter, 2012
6.87
8.88
nd
2 Quarter, 2012
7.28
8.75
3rd Quarter, 2012
7.62
8.45
th
4 Quarter, 2012
8.21
8.91
1st Quarter, 2013
8.86
9.27
nd
2 Quarter, 2013
9.41
9.05
rd
3 Quarter, 2013
8.23
9.79
4th Quarter, 2013
8.43
9.65
1st Quarter, 2014
8.34
9.14
2nd Quarter, 2014
9.36
8.88
rd
3 Quarter, 2014
10.17
8.98
4th Quarter, 2014
10.18
9.29
1st Quarter, 2015
9.14
9.84
nd
2 Quarter, 2015
8.85
9.80
3rd Quarter, 2015
8.54
10.29
4th Quarter, 2015
8.41
11.19
1st Quarter, 2016
8.19
10.11
nd
2 Quarter, 2016
7.13
10.81
3rd Quarter, 2016
7.61
10.7
th
4 Quarter, 2016
8.44
9.59
st
1 Quarter, 2017
8.68
9.83
Middle States
5.11
5.03
5.52
4.93
5.23
6.69
5.77
6.22
6.21
6.94
6.50
6.53
6.34
6.73
6.97
6.61
5.51
6.32
6.15
6.40
6.16
6.42
6.93
7.02
6.97
7.33
6.48
6.6
7.55
8.00
8.34
7.75
8.53
West
6.70
6.37
6.41
6.35
6.06
7.33
6.85
5.80
6.24
7.94
7.40
6.11
6.57
7.50
8.93
7.83
7.11
8.21
7.38
7.91
8.09
9.22
9.42
7.42
5.54
6.77
7.78
7.06
6.94
7.15
6.66
6.20
7.78
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Average backlog measured in months by company size
Revenue less
$30 million and
Quarter
than $30 million
$50 million
st
1 Quarter, 2009
5.44
4.99
nd
2 Quarter, 2009
4.79
4.61
3rd Quarter, 2009
5.34
4.91
th
4 Quarter, 2009
4.98
5.49
st
1 Quarter, 2010
4.98
6.40
2nd Quarter, 2010
6.18
7.05
rd
3 Quarter, 2010
6.21
6.64
4th Quarter, 2010
6.28
5.60
st
1 Quarter, 2011
6.37
6.50
nd
2 Quarter, 2011
7.45
6.72
3rd Quarter, 2011
7.12
7.25
th
4 Quarter, 2011
7.17
7.42
1st Quarter, 2012
6.72
9.33
nd
2 Quarter, 2012
6.89
9.14
3rd Quarter, 2012
6.95
10.96
4th Quarter, 2012
6.82
9.87
st
1 Quarter, 2013
6.65
8.08
2nd Quarter, 2013
6.96
7.58
rd
3 Quarter, 2013
7.31
7.36
4th Quarter, 2013
7.64
7.32
1st Quarter, 2014
7.16
7.90
2nd Quarter, 2014
7.59
8.97
rd
3 Quarter, 2014
8.26
8.01
th
4 Quarter, 2014
8.05
8.53
1st Quarter, 2015
7.28
8.75
nd
2 Quarter, 2015
7.54
9.61
3rd Quarter, 2015
7.26
9.87
th
4 Quarter, 2015
7.22
12.07
1st Quarter, 2016
7.36
10.80
nd
2 Quarter, 2016
7.25
9.10
rd
3 Quarter, 2016
7.50
7.79
4th Quarter, 2016
7.47
8.26
st
1 Quarter, 2017
7.86
10.28
$50 million and
$100 million
7.22
7.21
7.35
5.85
6.52
8.34
8.16
8.49
8.98
9.83
9.70
8.85
8.87
9.78
10.12
9.80
10.53
11.57
11.91
11.52
10.69
10.30
9.94
10.54
10.45
10.45
10.28
10.24
8.65
8.98
9.35
9.22
9.67
$100 million or
more
9.70
9.12
7.06
8.19
8.35
9.12
8.13
9.13
9.62
9.31
9.79
9.50
9.14
9.62
9.99
10.80
11.23
12.25
11.15
11.11
11.70
11.16
11.22
10.69
10.43
10.66
11.15
11.8
12.25
14.06
13.72
10.79
11.80
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Distribution by backlog length
Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
30%
29%
27%
23%
22%
20%
23%
19%
7%
1%
Q1 2009
Q2 2009
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
30%
30%
28%
27%
26%
20%
15%
14%
7%
4%
Q3 2009
Q4 2009
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
29%
28%
26%
23%
22%
22%
20%
18%
10%
2%
Q1 2010
Q2 2010
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
29%
27%
23%
19%
24%
22%
19%
18%
10%
8%
Q3 2010
Q4 2010
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
28%
27%
26%
24%
22%
21%
17%
15%
11%
8%
Q1 2011
Q2 2011
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
30%
26%
22%
25%
24%
22%
19%
14%
11%
9%
Q3 2011
Q4 2011
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
26%
25%
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
24%
23%
21%
18%
20%
18%
15%
11%
Q1 2012
Q2 2012
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
24%
23%
22%
20%
20%
21%
18%
17%
15%
Q2 2012
20%
Q3 2012
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
26%
24%
23%
22%
22%
21%
18%
17%
15%
11%
Q4 2012
Q1 2013
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
27%
24%
25%
24%
20%
19%
17%
16%
14%
13%
Q2 2013
Q3 2013
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
26%
24%
23%
23%
21%
18%
17%
19%
15%
13%
Q4 2013
Q1 2014
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
29%
29%
26%
23%
18%
15%
13%
Q2 2014
16%
15%
18%
Q3 2014
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
29%
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
28%
26%
23%
18%
18%
17%
15%
14%
12%
Q4 2014
Q1 2015
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
29%
28%
27%
14%
26%
14%
Q2 2015
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
16%
17%
15%
14%
Q3 2015
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
28%
28%
28%
26%
18%
17%
15%
14%
14%
Q3 2015
12%
Q4 2015
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
32%
28%
28%
27%
23%
18%
14%
12%
11%
7%
Q4 2015
Q1 2016
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
31%
28%
26%
27%
23%
19%
13%
10%
13%
9%
Q2 2016
Q3 2016
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Greater than 12 months backlog
6 -9 months backlog
Less than 3 months backlog
9 -12 months backlog
3-6 months backlog
26%
26%
24%
22%
23%
19%
16%
16%
15%
13%
Q4 2016
Q1 2017
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Q1 2009
Q2 2009
Q3 2009
Q4 2009
Q1 2010
Q2 2010
Q3 2010
Q4 2010
Q1 2011
Q2 2011
Q3 2011
Q4 2011
Q1 2012
Q2 2012
Q3 2012
Q4 2012
Q1 2013
Q2 2013
Q3 2013
Q4 2013
Q1 2014
Q2 2014
Q3 2014
Q4 2014
Q1 2015
Q2 2015
Q3 2015
Q4 2015
Q1 2016
Q2 2016
Q3 2016
Q4 2016
Q1 2017
Q1 2009
Q2 2009
Q3 2009
Q4 2009
Q1 2010
Q2 2010
Q3 2010
Q4 2010
Q1 2011
Q2 2011
Q3 2011
Q4 2011
Q1 2012
Q2 2012
Q3 2012
Q4 2012
Q1 2013
Q2 2013
Q3 2013
Q4 2013
Q1 2014
Q2 2014
Q3 2014
Q4 2014
Q1 2015
Q2 2015
Q3 2015
Q4 2015
Q1 2016
Q2 2016
Q3 2016
Q4 2016
Q1 2017
Median backlog in months for each region, Q1 2009 – Q1 2017
Northeast
9.0
7.27.2
6.06.0
4.8
4.0
7.27.2
6.0
6.0
7.2
6.0
6.4
7.2
6.7
6.0
7.2
7.2
6.0
4.4
6.06.06.2
9.3
8.3
8.68.68.6
7.2
6.7
7.2
7.2
8.0
9.0
7.97.98.1
7.2
8.8
7.67.27.27.2
7.2
6.06.06.0
8.8
8.6
9.7
7.5
9.2
7.27.27.2
6.0
4.54.8
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South
8.68.8
7.87.87.8
5.15.1
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Middle States
7.27.2
6.0
6.06.0
5.8
6.4
6.06.0
5.3
5.15.1
4.8
3.83.83.8
6.0
5.6
6.0
6.05.9
5.6
4.7
6.9
7.27.17.27.37.27.2
5.9
4.5
4.0
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West
8.8 8.8
7.5
7.2
6.1
6.06.06.06.0
5.1
6.4
6.0
6.46.3
7.2
7.2
7.3
7.27.2 7.5
6.6
6.0
6.0
6.06.0
6.0
6.0
5.5
4.84.8
4.5
4.54.5
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Median backlog in months by construction segment, Q1 2009 – Q1 2017
Commercial & Institutional
8.6
6.05.7
5.96.06.06.06.4
7.2
6.16.06.6
7.57.27.27.3
7.27.27.27.27.27.27.27.27.2
6.1
6.46.0
7.2
6.77.0
4.34.8
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Heavy Industrial
9.4
6.6
5.1
6.06.4
5.5
5.1
4.5
4.34.4
4.0
5.55.1
5.4
6.0
5.95.9
3.7
4.5
5.66.06.0
6.46.0
5.2
6.36.0
3.64.1
3.63.63.34.1
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Infrastructure
12.0 11.311.6
11.1
10.3
5.1
6.2
7.5
10.1
8.6 8.6
7.27.27.27.2
8.6
7.5 7.2 7.2 6.97.1
8.78.88.09.0
7.58.3
8.69.09.09.08.6
4.0
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Median backlog in months by firm size, Q1 2009 – Q1 2017
Revenue less than $30 million
7.2
6.0
6.4
6.06.0
6.06.06.06.06.06.06.06.06.06.06.06.06.0
7.2
6.0
7.2
6.3
6.0
6 6 6 6
6.3
4.5
3.6 3.83.83.8
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Revenue $30-50 million
12.0
8.6
8.68.6
8.68.6 9.0
7.6
6.7
4.0
4.6
5.1
4.0
4.6
5.15.1
5.1 5.1
7.2
6.7
6.26.2 6.0
7.9
8.6
6.0
6.7 6.7 6.7
7.2
5.15.1
4.0
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Revenue $50-100 million
12.012.0
10.3
8.6 8.6
8.68.6
6.4
6.2
4.8
8.6
8.6 8.6 8.6
10.3
10.010.3
8.6 8.8
8.6 8.6 8.6
6.76.7
6.7
6.2
10.310.3
12.0
7.8 8.0
6.7
4.8
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Revenue greater than $100 million
14.5
11.7
11.6
11.4
10.810.8 10.6
10.29.910.0 10.4
12.010.5
9.6
7.2
7.2
7.98.4
10.0
9.1 9.3
7.5
8.2
8.4
9.8
7.6
12.7
12.1
10.7
8.6
11.1
8.1
6.0
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